The GOP’s Campaign to Keep Women at Home The GOP’s Campaign to Keep Women at Home
Under the guise of deficit reduction, Republicans intend to not only nix family planning services but also steer women away from the workforce with compulsory motherhood.
Mar 3, 2011 / Press Room
White House at Odds With Obama Supporters Over Wisconsin Protests White House at Odds With Obama Supporters Over Wisconsin Protests
Massive protests in Wisconsin don't fit into the White House's lame plan to "win the future".
Mar 3, 2011 / Ari Berman
So Much for Democracy: Wisconsin GOP Opens Discussion of Expelling Dem Legislators Who Oppose Anti-Union Bill So Much for Democracy: Wisconsin GOP Opens Discussion of Expelling Dem Legislators Who Oppose Anti-Union Bill
Desperate to Governor Scott Walker's proposal to strip public-sector unions of collective-bargaining rights, Republican legislative leader starts talking of expelling Democrats who...
Mar 3, 2011 / John Nichols
The GOP’s Campaign to Keep Women at Home The GOP’s Campaign to Keep Women at Home
Under the guise of deficit reduction, Republicans intend to not only nix family planning services but also steer women away from the workforce with compulsory motherhood.
Mar 3, 2011 / Press Room
Taking Sides in the Looming NFL Lockout Taking Sides in the Looming NFL Lockout
After hearing Barack Obama this afternoon, I'm more convinced than ever that every last person should side with NFL players. I don't think that was Obama's intent.
Mar 3, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Governor Scott Walker Talks to ‘David Koch’ Governor Scott Walker Talks to ‘David Koch’
Scott Walker said that he was just a bloke Who, knowing that his state was going broke, Saw saving measures that he must invoke. But then, when he obsequiously spoke To someone who he thought was David Koch (It wasn’t Koch; a guy had played a joke), The phone pals made it clear they’d like to choke Off unions’ rights, and saw this as the stroke— A stroke disguised within a budget cloak— To start the unions’ going up in smoke. No surprise there.
Mar 3, 2011 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Madisonian Democracy Madisonian Democracy
The spirit of democratic protest, so vibrant across the Middle East, has been kindled here in Middle America.
Mar 3, 2011 / The Editors
Why Washington Doesn’t Care About Jobs Why Washington Doesn’t Care About Jobs
For the condo-buying, sushi-eating Beltway elite, the recession is over. For the rest of America—not so much.
Mar 3, 2011 / Chris Hayes
Noted. Noted.
Carmel DeAmicis on pizzas for protesters, Molly O'Toole on solidarity rallies and Judith Friedlander on Hungary's crackdown on media
Mar 3, 2011 / Various Contributors
Why the Right Attacked Unions, ACORN and Planned Parenthood Why the Right Attacked Unions, ACORN and Planned Parenthood
Progressive service organizations connect real world needs to Beltway advocacy and lobbying. Conservatives fear and loathe that.
Mar 3, 2011 / Ilyse Hogue